Hat-fastener.



No. 673,!36. Patented Apr. 30, [9 0L J. E. HALLETT.

HAT FASTENER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. HALLETT, OF SAC CITY, IOWA.

HAT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,136, dated April 30, 1901.

Application filed May 7;1900. $erial No. 15,746. (No model.)

To ctZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. HALLETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sac City, in the county of Sao and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fastening devices for ladies hats, the object being to provide a device of this character which will be permanently secured to the hat and avoid the annoyance and inconvenience attending the use of the ordinary removable hat-pin.

The invention consistsin a plate adapted to be sewed or otherwise permanently attached to the outside of a hat, in combination with a lever pivotally secured upon said plate and having a curved pin projecting therefrom adapted to project through the hat to engage the hair of the wearer, and means for securing said lever, as will be fully described hereinafter and defined in the appended claims, in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a hat-pin device embodying the invention.- Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same, and Fig. 3' is an elevation showing the lever and its curved pin or hook in the position they assume before engaging the hair. The reference-numeral 1 designates a plate, preferably of thin sheet metal, formed with thread-holes 2 to facilitate its attachment to the hair and at one end with a lug or ear 3, bent inwardly upon the plate and provided with an opening 4, registering with an opening 5 in the plate 1. These openings 4 and 5 form bearings, within which is pivotally supported a combined lever and pin or hook, consisting of a single piece of wire bent to forhl a lever-arm 6, a loop 7 ,ext'ending through the opening 4, an arm 8, extending through the opening 5, and a curved pin or hook 9, adapted to engage the hair.

In applying the device the pin or hook 9 is first inserted through the side of the hat from the outside, after which the plate 1 is securely sewed in place on the outside of the hat. The free end of the lever 6 is bent to form a loop or finger-piece 10 and is adapted to engage a hook or keeper 11, projecting from the lower edge of the adjacent end of the plate. It is designed to use two of these fastening devices, one at each side of the hat, and it will be obvious that when the curved hooks (which may be'of any desired length suitable for the purpose) catch into the hair and the levers are engagedby their keepers 11 the hat will be firmly held in place upon the head. The curved pins are quickly disengaged to release the hat by disengaging the levers from their keepers and turning said levers, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

The loop 7 and arm 8 constitute an integral pivotal axis for the lever and pin, thus reducing the cost of manufacture to the minimum.

I claim- 1. A hat-fastener comprising a plate adapted to be secured to the outside of a hat, and formed with an ear having an opening registering with an opening in the plate; and a Wire bent to form a lover, a loop 7 serving as one of the journals for a lever, an arm 8, constituting the other journal, and a curved pin integral with said arm.

2. A hat-fastener comprising a plate adapted to be secured to the outside of a hat, and formed with a perforated ear, and a hook or keeper, in combination with a wire bent to form a lever, having an end loop, a loop 7 supported in the perforation of said ear, an arm supported in an opening in the frame, and a curved pin integral with said arm.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN E. HALLETT.

Witnesses:

E. N. BAILY, ED. GROTH. 

